Heston vs Little Chef

[Notters]

oh my word that chief exec is such a cock

 

[Lady Whistledown]

£5.50 for an omelette?

Stacey's mother would have a heart attack.

 

[clapham_gull]

£5.50 for an omelette?

Stacey's mother would have a heart attack.

To be honest, scrambled eggs and an omelette are two of the most difficult things to cook properly.

.. much harder than a burger, definitely more difficult than mussels.

I think people in this country have got used to being served up shit food and merely look at the cost of the initial ingredients in determining value for money.

 

[csider]

Scrambled Eggs should really be on the menu I think.

Can't believe they even put on the menu in hotels for breakfast.

It has to be cooked from fresh and takes at least 15 minutes (or more) to prepare properly.

15 mins.........you having a laugh. What the hell do you use to cook it with, a match??

 

[clapham_gull]

15 mins.........you having a laugh. What the hell do you use to cook it with, a match??

Well you're on the right lines.

If you're happy with something done in a microwave, or something that resembles a chopped up omelette then fine. In fact that's what most people do - simply overcook and bash up an omelette.

There is an art to cooking scrambled eggs, it ain't easy and what you're used to isn't them.

You may have noticed tonight that the bloke who knew what he was doing had to create a whole new method of cooking it, to get it out in 6 minutes.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Both Heston and the Little Chef CEO were being twats

Heston has to realise that not everyone wants poncy food. You go to a greasy spoon because you want basic meals. All he has to do is imrpove the ingredients.

I was relieved he actually attempted to do a fry up instead of some shitty thing with frois gras or something equally pretentious.

The ideal thing would be to keep things like The Fry Up, the burger and chips but make them edible. The food people want is the food they cook at home. NOt £200 a head poncy aubergine foam with oyster and tarragon ice cream.

The whole point is though, when Heston was reviewing the customer feedback tape he said "This menu is clearly not what the customers want". Mr Cock End CEO was still asking for more "magic" and "fire and brimstone". Surely the CEO needs to know what his customers want or at least charge someone to find out, not just go for the PR fireworks angle.

 

[csider]

I cook a fantastic scrambled egg in under 10 mins.....But 15 mins, thats a long time IMO.

 

[clapham_gull]

I cook a fantastic scrambled egg in under 10 mins.....But 15 mins, thats a long time IMO.

I'll have to show you one day

The trick is to never have the heat higher than the lowest possible setting at any point - and that's take time.

 

[Notters]

I'll have to show you one day

The trick is to never have the heat higher than the lowest possible setting at any point - and that's take time.

ah , well I have it on a high heat, but turn it off way before it's cooked- 5 minutes and delicious!

 

[clapham_gull]

ah , well I have it on a high heat, but turn it off way before it's cooked- 5 minutes and delicious!

It's the high heat at the start that ruins it in my opinion, if you take the time to get it to something that resembles smooth custard, then scramble it - it's something else.

 

[The Spanish]

we should consider ourselves very lucky how well we were served for little chefs on the A23, although Hickstead was dicing with death trying to pull out of it with a gutful of cheap beans and your free lolly in your mouth.

Purley is a Starbucks now, obviously aiming at the trendy Brighton market, it would be a fried chicken shop if they wanted the Croydon pound.

If you are going to go on a drive and you are concerned about motorway food bring your own f***ing sandwiches. Its quite simple.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I had scrambled egg at a Little Chef a couple of years ago. I took it back. It was from a packet .................. bit like Smash. It was a Health and Safety issue apparently.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

If you are going to go on a drive and you are concerned about motorway food bring your own f***ing sandwiches. Its quite simple.

true ................ or wait for an M&S service station. The sarnies may not be cheap but you know what you are getting.

 

[Josky]

Having Heston Blumenthal come up with a load of meal options that appeared more higher end seemed to just be a construct set up for TV to allow him to see that customers just wanted basic, decent food and which follows on to his 'Heston meets the people of Britain' episode tonight which will have him asking the British public what they love eating.

I really enjoyed it but it did seem quite disjointed. That CEO seems to think he can just get Blumenthal in for a bit of quick publicity work, whip up a couple of meals and put his name to Little Chef without actually doing anything. I mean, honestly, what sort of person just hangs up when being asked about basic business information?

Or the whole thing went tits up in the end and the producers and Heston are trying to portray Little Chef in the worst possible light? Because at the moment, that stinking pit of roadside restaurant isn't doing anything to tempt anyone back there. I preferred Happy Eater when it was around - great pancakes.

 

[Northstander]

Mcdonalds is were its at

 

[The Spanish]

true ................ or wait for an M&S service station. The sarnies may not be cheap but you know what you are getting.

Agree. Or even pull off drive a couple of miles and give a shot in the arm to a local pub or business instead of f***ing Granada.

 

[Playing On The Grit]

At one point the CEO said something along the lines of "We could have chosen another celebrity chef but chose you (Heston) because you are different". Sounds like the CEO was given options on who to use for the programme....I couldn't help think Jamie Oliver would have been a better choice.He seems to know much more about what the general public want to eat and would've come up with a much better menu for the Litle Chef clientele.

Surely the Little Chef is just a glorified greasy spoon as proved by the people who gave their comments on what they wanted on the menu? The CEO seemed to think he was in charge of an upmarket chain of eateries. No wonder they are struggling!

 

[Notters]

we should consider ourselves very lucky how well we were served for little chefs on the A23, although Hickstead was dicing with death trying to pull out of it with a gutful of cheap beans and your free lolly in your mouth.

Purley is a Starbucks now, obviously aiming at the trendy Brighton market, it would be a fried chicken shop if they wanted the Croydon pound.

If you are going to go on a drive and you are concerned about motorway food bring your own f***ing sandwiches. Its quite simple.

Didn't the one at hickstead used to be a happy eater?

 

[JJ McClure]

I think Hickstead is still a Little Chef. Handcross used to be a Happy Eater.

 

[The Spanish]

I am confused now. Handcross was the happy eater but that was the one I was thinking of.